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Who the hell is Jon Skeet?
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thenduksApr 21 '09 at 20:37

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@thenduks: Leave now before he comes and sees your ignorance.
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DexterApr 22 '09 at 23:28

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Could someone explain to those poor lost souls how much they are mistaken? They refer to "Chuck Norris" for "programming" facts, instead of Jon! See "The Ultimate Top 25 Chuck Norris “The Programmer” Jokes": codesqueeze.com/… (and the last comments on that page)
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VonCJun 20 '09 at 10:08

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@VonC: I saw your comment in that forum. Thanks for trying to set those heathens straight. :)
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Bill the LizardJun 26 '09 at 2:44

The original draft of "Atlas Shrugged" actually asked "Who is Jon Skeet." It was only changed to Galt at the editors insistence that Jon Skeet hadn't been born yet and non-programmers would find this paradox confusing.

It should be noted that ethically-trained Jon Skeet would never consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Nor would Jon Skeet write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. Basic professional ethics would instead require Jon Skeet to write a DestroyUniverse procedure, to which he can pass any universe as he chooses.

Jon Skeet solves everything in O(logJ(n)) where logJ is the Skeet logarithm. It turns out O(logJ(n)) is infinitely faster than O(0).

Jon Skeet rewrote Euler's identity. He only showed the ancient Incas once when going back in time, but their eyes imploded out of the sheer awesomeness of the equation. All we know is that the new equation incorporates J, the Skeet number, which is the base of the Skeet logarithm logJ.